Quotes by Japanese/Japan authors (page 11)

"Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me"

"Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"A lot happens in 20 years"

Pat Morita, Actor

"The world is in motion, as it seems"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"Thus, the questions we should ask here are what makes the current economic upswing different from the past two recoveries, and whether such differences are sufficient for the economy to reach the sustained growth path"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect"

Miyamoto Musashi, Soldier

"Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I can never really enjoy being famous"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress"

Shigeru Yoshida, Politician

"We have listened here to the delegates who have recalled the terrible human suffering, and the great material destruction of the late war in the Pacific. It is with feelings of sorrow that we recall the part played in that catastrophic human experience by the old Japan"

Shigeru Yoshida, Politician

"I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan"

Shigeru Yoshida, Politician

"To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama"

Junichiro Koizumi, Statesman

"You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life"

Daisaku Ikeda, Writer

"You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff"

Pat Morita, Actor

"The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest of the world, particularly with the other East Asian economies"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom"

Shigeru Yoshida, Politician

"Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854"

Shigeru Yoshida, Politician

"With weak balance sheets, banks tend to continue lending unprofitable businesses and leave them existing"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

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Quotes by Japanese authors